The following is my Kindergarten English and Language Arts curriculum. As time goes on I will continue to add projects that correspond with these units. You can also find projects on my pinterest boards.

Poetry Unit – Reciting, recognizing rhyming words, generating rhyming words in a rhyming pattern

• Rhyming Cups from Shannon’s Tot School
• 10 Ways for Kids to Experience Poetry from Creekside Learning

Vocabulary Unit – Using descriptive words

• I am as…. Using descriptive words from Virtual Book Club for Kids
• Have your child close their eyes and give them an item (or put an item in a paper bag) to describe based on how the item feels. If it is a food item have them describe how it tastes or smells.
• Create lists of words that can replace commonly used words; happy, sad, good, bad, etc.

Learning to Write – Tracing, writing the alphabet, printing first name, and starting to write spelling words phonetically

• Tracing Letters Pack from Craftify It
• Make Your Own Printable Handwriting Worksheets from A to Z Teacher Stuff Tools
• Handwriting App from Letter School – Not Free but still very cool!
• Chicken Scratch from Small Potatoes
• Writing Over Time from Learning with Mrs. Parker

Comprehension Unit – Predicting the outcome of stories by using pictures, retelling stories. Doing activities with books that you read.

• Children’s Book Activities from Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas
• Read your child half of a story then have them draw pictures to predict what will happen next.

Reading Unit – Introduction to sight words

• Sight Word Activities from Have Fun Teaching
• From ABCs to Learning to Read from Amy Mascott at PBS Parent
• 10 Ways to Learn Sight Words Through Play From Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas
• Gross Motor Reading Game – Pizza Delivery from No Time for Flash Cards
• Make a “Word Slider” from Education.com
• Blending and Deleting Puzzle from Our Clinic Creations
• Clothes Pin Words from The Complete Guide to Imperfect Homemaking

** When making my kindergarten curriculum I started with Virginia’s Standards of Learning. While I am not a fan of the SOL tests I do not have a problem with the information that is covered. I felt using the information covered in the SOLs as a baseline for my curriculum would ensure my children were learning the same subject matter as their peers. I wanted to go beyond that though. I built up my curriculum by adding information from other online curriculums, and my sons interests. **